Muff,
You appear to have hit the nail on the head.
I fear the poor Tank boys down at Bulford are in for a nasty surprise, as will anyone who thinks paratroopers are useful in a modern battlefield.
This whole New chapter stuff should be forced well out into the open. So you staff officer's out there, tell it how it is.
We all know big changes are afoot, not least because of the might F**K Up that DLO have made with their new computer and costings.
Let's be radical and cut away the crap (Nimrod MR 4 for a start) and get rid of the 100 or so EFA we haven't got Sqns or pilots for.
If we want to compete with hospitals and teachers (and trains), its the only way we are going to do it!!